Mellon wants mid- table United to keep improving in all areas
Mic k y Mel l o n i n s i s t s h i s Dundee Unit e d s i de have worked hard to get to midtable in the Premiership but is looking for more.
The Taysiders returned to the top flight this season after being crowned Championship winners. After 12 Premiership fixtures they sit in sixth place, a point above Ross County whom they play today.
Mellon said: "I keep an eye on the league table. If Dundee
United were offered that at the start of the season they would have bitten your hand off. We understand we want to keep getting better and better and that is exciting. I am pleased about that, we believe we can get better and better.
"Where we are at the minute, we have worked very hard to get there but we’re the first to say we want to improve and get better in all areas. There is an appetite to do that. We have to keep working hard.
"We have to get the balance right between defending and scoring goals, creating chances and passing and all those
aspects about becoming a better team. This week as always has been concentrated on trying to improve those things and Saturday is an opportunity to see if we are moving forward. You only have to watch Ross County perform to know that we’ll have to be very good."
Livingston boss Gary Holt feels Premiership teams are getting into their rhythm after the long break and expects his side and Motherwell to show that when they meet today.
O t h e r t h a n a 2 - 2 d r a w between the teams in August, Motherwell did not score in their first six league games, and Livingston did not score more than one in any of their other opening seven matches. Well have hit three past Aberdeen and four against County in their past three Premiership matches while Livi recently scored twice in three consecutive games.
Holt feels a slow start was perhaps understandable for Mother well, who f i nished third last term. "You look at the European campaign, so they were back playing big i mportant games s t r ai ght off the back without a really decent preparation," he said. "Like ourselves and a lot of other teams, we are finding our feet now after the first quarter. Hopefully we can all kick on and produce some real good games of football.”